Dir. David France (Oscar- DGA-, and Sundance Grand Jury Prize-nominated HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE); documentary. Legendary co-founder of the 1970s trans rights movement Marsha P. Johnson was found dead in the Hudson River 24 years ago, and after trying and failing to provoke a police investigation, her best friend and fellow activist Sylvia Rivera died a few years later, the victim of a broken heart. Coming to Netflix in October 2017.

Dir. Deb Shoval, starring Lola Kirke (MOZART IN THE JUNGLE) and Breeda Wool (UNREAL). There’s not much happening in rural Pennsylvania for recent high school graduate Joey – until she meets 28-year-old mother of two Rayna, whose seductive joie de vivre sparks Joey’s yearning for love and family, and drives Joey to run away from home, the Army, and her own family in pursuit of a life with Rayna.

Dir. Silas Howard (Golden Globe winner TRANSPARENT, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK) and Antonia Crane (winner at THE MOTH, author of SPENT). Live Nude Girls Unite! Set in late ‘90s San Francisco, an army of strippers at the Lusty Lady confronts dangerous labor practices and creates the world’s first exotic dancers’ union. Based on true events.

Dir. Cary Cronenwett. This experimental documentary depicts American artist Flo McGarrell’s life and work in Haiti. Local artists discuss McGarrell’s impact on the community and the instigation of a small queer movement around the FOSAJ Art Center in Jacmel, where he was working at the time of his death in the 2010 earthquake. Premiered at Frameline 2015. Contact for screening information.

Dir. Jennie Livingston (PARIS IS BURNING), starring Marin Hinkle (TWO AND A HALF MEN) and featuring Steve Buscemi (BOARDWALK EMPIRE). Official Selection at Berlin Film Festival, Frameline, Outfest; awards at 6 other festivals. Poet Alixe and her girlfriend Gwen are having bedroom troubles. Is their sexual disagreement the cause of their problems, or are their problems the cause of their sexual disagreement?

Dir. Jess Baclesse (editor on Gus Van Sant’s RESTLESS), starring Ryan Miller (THE LARAMIE PROJECT on stage). An injured rodeo star, stuck in his past glory days, gets a big wake-up call when his car is repossessed and his wife threatens to leave him. To save his marriage and reclaim his former glory, he decides to ride again.